Facebook (FB) approves the secret launch of a photo-sharing app called "Colorful Balloons" in China.
Reportedly, Facebook Inc. FB has approved a photo-sharing app called “Colorful Balloons” – which is a clone of its Moments ap.....»»

Facebook launched a photo-sharing app called Colorful Balloons in China under the name of a different company, in a shift from the company’s public campaign to woo Beijing officials who have blocked the social network......»»

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Facebook has finally managed to sneak into China.
The social network has been secretly testing a photo sharing app called Colorful Balloons in the country, The New York Times reported on Friday.
Facebook has been officially blocked in C.....»»

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Mark Zuckerberg faces a tough choice in China. Much as he wants to get into the world's largest mobile and Internet market, the trade-off is accepting censorship. He seems ready to do that now, just as other American brand leaders have done.
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Facebook has built a tool that will censor posts before they appear for the Chinese market, according to The New York Times. The tool, which was not commercially released and was tested internally, was intended to aid the tech giant […]
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Reuters/Albert GeaThere are plenty of reasons to think that virtual reality (VR) has finally arrived. Facebook's Oculus finally launched its virtual reality headset this year, Sony is about to do the same, Alphabet's Google is about to debut a mobile.....»»

Media are fawning on Chinese Internet sensation Tencent, which has just edged past telecoms giant China Mobile to become the nation's most valuable publicly traded company. Such a feat would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when the nation's private se.....»»

Facebook/Bigelow Aerospace
On Tuesday, hotel billionaire Robert Bigelow announced the launch of Bigelow Space Operations.
The new company will operate inflatable space stations called B330s, which are being developed by Bigelow Aerospace (a space hardwar.....»»

HEB Grocery Co. on Valentine's Day launched a mobile app that enables users to skip cashier lines while providing data on consumer habits, the San Antonio Business Journal confirmed.
The privately held retailer is piloting the technology at two l.....»»

H-E-B Grocery Co. on Valentine's Day launched a new mobile app that enables users to skip cashier lines while providing data on consumer habits, the Business Journal confirmed.
The privately held retailer is piloting the technology at two locations in.....»»

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week sold $108.6 million worth of Facebook stock, putting the proceeds into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic foundation he launched in 2015 with his wife, Priscilla Chan.
It’s the first of a se.....»»